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Dial Up and Digital Camera

Feb 27, 2008 12:06PM PST

I recently got a Gateway with Vista. It took my about two weeks but I finally think I figured out how to email pix from my camera. My question is does it normally take about ten minutes to send one pix? I'm probably just doing something wrong and just don't know what. Any advice?

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It depends. . .
Feb 29, 2008 8:23AM PST

on the size of the picture. What's the size?

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boy, do I feel stupid, but....
Mar 5, 2008 11:15AM PST

I don't know how big pix is and I don't know how to find out.

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Where are the pictures stored?
Mar 5, 2008 8:08PM PST

Right click each one and choose Properties. It'll tell you the size. For dial-up, anything over 50 KB in size will take forever. I've seen friend's pictures that are over a Meg in size.

One way to fix that is to change the resolution on the camera to a lower setting/resolution. Something around 800 X 600 is more than adequite for email.

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That sounds simple enough but.....
Mar 9, 2008 11:47AM PDT

you're crackin me up Wayne! Adjustin the resolution on a digital camera I bought on the same day as the new computer? I can push the shutter button!!! And refuse to say how long that took for me to figure it out.

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Lol:
Jul 31, 2008 4:44PM PDT

You can resize the picture later after you stick it on the computer and before you email it. Until you figure out how to redo the camera settings, this could help. It does take forever to upload a very large picture. I have a photo uploader that helps a little.